Redredred Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Asus A7N8X E Deluxe with AMD XP3200+ Barton With this board I had months of memory hassles. I followed the recommended modules from the Asus site module/die number for exact die number. I tried: 2 x 512mb sticks of Samsung not a twin pack 2 x 512mb sticks of Crucial (twin pack) 2 x 512mb sticks (singles),+ 2 twin packs Cosair CMX512-3200C2 platinum (4 sticks) 1 x 512mb no name cheapo, (which worked suprisingly well) Hassle after hassle after hassle. A lot of messing and RMA-ing later I gave it one last chance with an OCZ twin pack EL Now I have the working pc I set out to build last September. No messing with timings, voltages, speed ratings, no manual settings needed at all. Everything stock, and running like a dream. 14 hours or Prime 95 torture test until I got bored and switched it off. Rock solid. And OCZ arent on the recommended Asus list. Why did I have to spend so much time, so many settings and so many RMAs with Corsair? Sorry, you lost my faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 If memory from 4 different manufacturers had problems, I wouldn't point fingers so quickly. What BIOS revision do you have? What is the exact part # (or whatever is on their label) of the OCZ stuff? Are all of your BIOS settings # default? What timings are they set? What's your FSB set to currently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redredred Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 I thought I might provoke a competative response. I didnt intend to offend or bad mouth any one, i just felt the need to pass on my experience. Since you asked I looked at the settings my mobo is using. ALL of which are auto set and totally stock. I have no need to overclock, I just require solidity. The memory is OCZ4001024ELDC-K http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_3200_dual_channel The mobo BIOS rev is 1011 Settings are as follows cpu freq ...200mhz auto multiple 11x system performance...auto memory freq...auto active pre. delay..6 ras to cas delay...3 ras precharge......2 cas latency.........2 cpu core............1.650 ddr ref voltage....2.6 42 degree cpu 24 degree mobo All completely auto and untampered with. So far 8 days without a single hiccup, whereas all the other memories barely went a day without crashing, locking up, rebooting or throwing up a lot of stop errors. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 That's really odd, the TwinX1024-3200C2 v5.1s should work fine, with the following settings: active pre. delay..6 ras to cas delay...3 ras precharge......3 cas latency.........2.5 cpu core............1.650 ddr ref voltage....2.8 If not, then OCZ's placed a curse on all other memory that is meant for your system lol! That's just inexplicable that 10 sticks from 4 manufacturers won't work, but those will. Could always try the 1.013 BIOS though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redredred Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 A point I tried to make was that with OCZ I had no need to make any setting adjustments, EVERYTHING was automatic. Certainly with the Crucial and the Corsair I had to manually set to recommendations I found in several forums as well as this one, inc your last suggestion. And still after running stock and manual settings I could not gain stability. My apologies to anyone I may have upset. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 They probably have their timings set to 2-3-2-6 in their SPD chip, that's all. The 3200LLs have the same timings and have their SPD set like that as well. Dunno why the 3200C2s have theirs set to the JEDEC spec of 3-3-3-8, but they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinmike Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Asus A7N8X E Deluxe with AMD XP3200+ Barton With this board I had months of memory hassles. I followed the recommended modules from the Asus site module/die number for exact die number. I tried: 2 x 512mb sticks of Samsung not a twin pack 2 x 512mb sticks of XXXXXX (twin pack) 2 x 512mb sticks (singles),+ 2 twin packs Cosair CMX512-3200C2 platinum (4 sticks) 1 x 512mb no name cheapo, (which worked suprisingly well) Hassle after hassle after hassle. A lot of messing and RMA-ing later I gave it one last chance with an XXX twin pack EL Now I have the working pc I set out to build last September. No messing with timings, voltages, speed ratings, no manual settings needed at all. Everything stock, and running like a dream. 14 hours or Prime 95 torture test until I got bored and switched it off. Rock solid. And XXX arent on the recommended Asus list. Why did I have to spend so much time, so many settings and so many RMAs with Corsair? Sorry, you lost my faith. Look I just got this mobo A7N8X and it works for me like a dream and can over clock like you don,t know. As you can see my sginure w/ the 3200 C2 pro at 2.7 votelove the led lites . I have not hzds. or any trouble at all. Switch from a msi delta l Had problems w/ this mobo alot over clocking was hard but it can be done. sorry for your trouble w/yours but mine is sweet home made case mods/ w fans :cool: :cool: :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 18, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 18, 2005 Please try these settings: With the A7N8X-E please set the FSB jumper to pins 2-3 with the modules in slots 2-3 and then reset or clear the bios and load setup defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.8 Volts and set the timings manually. Then please test the system with http://www.memtest.org. CPU Freq: 200 MHz Memory Frequency: 100% Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts Resulting Frequency: 200 MHz SDRAM CAS Latency: 2.5T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T I have 4 of these exact MB's and this is what had to be done to solve problems with aggressive memory, no matters who's I tested. In addition, a few other's had some success disabling Spread Spectrum in the bios as well. I would take a look at http://www.asusforums.org as well in the AMD section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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